Description
Other Colours is a collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art.
Review
The speech made by the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk on receiving the Nobel Prize is included in this typically thoughtful and atmospheric book, along with essays on Politics and writers who have affected his work (such as Dostoyevsky and Camus). There is also a short story about a 1950s middle-class Istanbul family much like his own. Loving vignettes about his father and small daughter sit alongside stringent critiques of nationalistic intolerance in Turkey and American involvement in Afghanistan. ― Sunday Telegraph
‘This collection of Orhan Pamuk’s literary journalism, family memoirs and occasional pieces is…endearing’. , — Sameer Rahim ― Telegraph
Pamuk interweaves personal reminiscence and social history, a strategy he employed so engagingly in Istanbul. ― Independent
The Loudest Sound and Nothing…these are sorrowful, disturbing and darkly beautiful stories, and they deserve, absolutely to be read ― London Review of Books
Book Description
Other Colours is a collection of the best pieces from twenty years of writing from Orhan Pamuk, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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